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August 22, 2023

Saudi Arabia
Israeli-Saudi Peace Deal, With Steven A. Cook

Steven A. Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the ongoing negotiations to normalize relations between Israe…

Podcast U.S. President Joe Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrive for the Gulf Cooperation Council meeting at a hotel in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on July 16, 2022.

June 1, 2023

Australia
Australian Submarine Deal, Asian Security Summit, Blinken in Finland, and More

The International Atomic Energy Association reports on the nuclear-powered submarines that the United States and the United Kingdom will provide to Australia within the AUKUS alliance; world leaders …

Podcast Royal Australian Navy submarine HMAS Sheean arrives in Devonport on April 22, 2021 in Tasmania, Australia.

August 16, 2022

Russia
Putin’s Strategy in Ukraine, With Stephen Sestanovich

Stephen Sestanovich, George F. Kennan senior fellow for Russian and Eurasian studies at CFR and Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis professor of international diplomacy at Columbia University’s School of…

Podcast A view shows a torn flag of Ukraine hung on a wire in front an apartment building destroyed in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine, April 14. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

March 2, 2022

Ukraine
Perspective on Ukraine, With Richard Haass

In this special episode, Why It Matters sits down with CFR President Richard Haass to ask the basic questions about the war in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s frame of mind, and his threa…

Podcast Russian service members walk past BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles during tactical combat exercises

December 16, 2021

Climate Change
Will the World Meet the Challenge of Climate Change?

Richard Haass and economist Nicholas Stern, chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, discuss the realities of climate change as well as renewable energy, carbon…

Podcast Forest fire with smoke causing deforestation